Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

365 Days of Being Smoke Free

Posted: 25th January 2010 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Life
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Saturday was my 1 year anniversary of quitting smoking. I haven’t faltered even once in that full year. Its actually to the point where if I smell smoke I get nauseous, whether its people smoking, or just the smell of smoke on their clothes. I do still get the occasional craving under some stressful situations, […]

Baby Gareau Ultrasound

Posted: 6th January 2010 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Life
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My wife had her 3rd ultrasound today and I’m more and more amazed on how rapidly our little bundle of joy is growing. Baby Gareau is now 7.5cm long, has full legs, arms, hands and feet. Its heart rate is a powerful 147 bpm. At 7.5cm long, the July 13th due date is dead on […]

Wow, its mindblowing to think how fast the last decade flew by. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was busy updating thousands of router configs to combat the Y2K bug. Hard to believe that this was 10 years ago already. Like many sites out there, I felt compelled to come up with […]

Wonderful Wife Wins Sens Tickets

Posted: 28th September 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Hockey, Life
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Not only am I lucky that I have a loving wife who loves hockey and football as much as I do, her knowledge of hockey won her pairs of tickets to 3 Ottawa Senators games this morning! She called in to TGOR on Team 1200 and won the tickets and a hat. They’re a great […]

rapid-fire (rap′id fÄ«r′) adjective done, delivered, proceeding, or carried on swiftly and sharply On Monday July 13th I finally got to see a band that I’ve been wanting to see in concert for many many many years; Stone Temple Pilots. STP were playing the  Cisco Bluesfest festival here in Ottawa. Even though we were cold […]